Calin Popescu Tariceanu

The main option of the ruling coalition for the office of prime minister after November 18 is Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta told a meeting of the ruling coalition at Parliament Palace in Bucharest, adding that First Vice Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Florin Georgescu and head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior

Independent candidate in the presidential elections Calin Popescu Tariceanu, running with the support of the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), has stated that after consultations at the level of the leadership of the party a decision will be made regarding how to vote in the second round.

Eighteen million Romanians are voting for president on Sunday among 14 candidates.

The most likely winner, according to public opinion polls, is current PM Victor Ponta.

Romania's Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta leads in opinion polls ahead of the first round of presidential elections on November 2.

According to a CSCI poll conducted from October 27 to October 29,the 42-year-old prime minister is expected to garner 40% support, while his main opponent, Liberal Party head Klaus Iohannis, will get 29%.

Calin Popescu Tariceanu, independent candidate in the presidential elections backed by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), on Thursday evening said that President Traian Basescu's manner of behaviour led to a damaging of the citizens' perception of institutions.

Independent candidate for Romania's president supported by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Calin Popescu Tariceanu in Alba Iulia on Wednesday said that the prime minister office did not represent his life goal, having underscored that he was currently interested in Romania's presidency.

Independent candidate for Romania's president backed by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Calin Popescu Tariceanu in Bacau on Tuesday said he would propose and support 'with perseverance' a national pact on demography, a topic he said it represented one of the 'three pillars' of his country project.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) candidate in presidential elections, said late on Sunday that the objective of his campaign for the first round is getting at least 37.5 pct of votes, that is the score recorded in the European Parliament elections.

In an interview to AGERPRES, Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu, an independent presidential candidate in the November 2 presidential election, talks about his project called 'Romania, Europe's Seventh Economic Power,' arguing that the coalescence of the decision makers around a national project is lacking, with the political class being many times out of touch with the publi

The Public Policies Institute (IPP) invites the main candidates to an electoral debate before the first round of the November 2 presidential elections following a format in use in other countries as well.